Review: Diane Keaton Is Just More of the (Annoying) Same in Cliché-Ridden Mack & Rita
Up front, I completely know that it’s wrong to say this, but having just watched her latest work, Mack & Rita, I have to say once again that I have […]
Review: Comedian Jo Koy Goes Personal for Easter Sunday, Complete With a Chaotic Family and Mouth-Watering Food
Fully admitting that I have no prior exposure to stand-up comic Jo Koy, I walked into what I believe is his feature debut in a starring role, Easter Sunday, a […]
Review: Claydream Follows the Highs and Lows of a Creator’s Long, Eventful Career in Claymation
What I thought was going to strictly be a loving documentary tribute to the beloved Father of Claymation, Will Vinton (head of Will Vinton Studios), Claydream turned into something both […]
Review: Bloody and Action-Packed Prey Finds a Captivating Prequel Story in a Familiar Franchise
The idea behind the Predator prequel is so simple and so perfect, I’m actually genuinely glad that someone took the time to get it right before they tried filming it. […]
Review: Lena Dunham’s Sharp Stick Pokes at Dysfunction and Complexity But Never Finds It
Writer/director Lena Dunham burst onto the independent film scene in 2010 with her feature film debut Tiny Furniture, a film that evoked an entire generation’s sense of stasis, an inability to […]
Review: Bullet Train Speeds By With Chaotic Action and Brad Pitt’s Under-Utilized Comedic Wit
Did you ever have a friend who took one semester of Intro to Psychology and immediately started analyzing themselves and your lives like they wrote the damn textbook? So, that’s […]
Review: Reality and Delusion Are Nearly Indistinguishable in Moody, Angsty Resurrection
After hoisting herself up as the new queen of angsty acting (with such films as Christine and The Night House) and equally impressive writing/directing (last year’s Sundance offering Passing) Rebecca Hall returns to hold […]
Review: Paradise Highway Features a Strong Cast But a Loose Grip on the Horrors of Human Trafficking
In a week filled with oddities at the movie theater, few are stranger in my mind than the feature debut from writer/director Anna Gutto, Paradise Highway, which features two Academy […]
Review: Social Media Fame Backfires in Flawed but Entertaining Not Okay
Brace yourself. We’re on the verge of being bombarded with higher-profile feature films about the perils of being a 20-something, raised on social media, with a skewed/warped definition of what […]
Review: Comedian and Actor B.J. Novak Impresses with Whip-Smart Debut Feature Vengeance
Although B.J. Novak is best known for playing Ryan Howard on “The Office” for eight seasons, he’s also been racking up TV writing and directing credits for a great deal […]
Review: Ron Howard Dives into the Harrowing Rescue of a Thai Soccer Team in Thirteen Lives
On certain rare occasions when a filmmaker adapts a book or play and essentially films everything in that source material, people will say that the director simply “shot the book/play.” […]
Review: DC League of Super-Pets Is a Lighthearted, Animal-Filled Entry to the Superhero Genre
How is it possible that some of my favorite DC movies of late have been their animated offerings? Four years ago, we were treated to Teen Titans GO! To the […]